We don’t want to be the weak link in the chain.
The goal in schools is for everyone to be a success every time. In business, every year should be more profitable than the last. Our yard should have fewer weeds than last year, and our annual Christmas extravaganza must outshine the one from the previous season.
We can’t slow down, or others will be let down.
Look at sports. Coaches who don’t win every game are regularly let go, replaced by someone with more promise. The players face the same challenge. No one wants to have a weak link on his or her team.
Yet we can’t all be the president of the company, the perfect parent, the valedictorian. Research reveals that overachievers rarely accomplish alone what teams of less-qualified people can do together.
We need everyone if we truly want to be a success.
Romans 14:1 tells us how we should view the weak link:
“As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.”
Everyone has a strength. We have to find it, celebrate it, and incorporate it into our plan for success. Everyone gets to do what he is good at.
Acts 15:9 reveals God’s viewpoint:
“And [God] made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.”
God sees our strengths. He knows what we can bring to the table. He wants everyone to participate.
John 3:16 shows God putting his money where his mouth is:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
God points to each person on the earth and says, “I pick her for my team. I pick him, and him, and her, and her. I pick everyone. If they want to participate, I welcome everyone.”
Even the weakest among us. There are no weak links on God’s team, only those who want to jump on board with him.
God doesn’t expect perfection. He desires participation.
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Originally Published 5-02-16